Crop SMF Team Final Presentation 2016

Final Presentation

LAKELAND COLLEGE

CROP TECHNOLOGYSTUDENT MANAGED FARM

Martin Clausen

Logan Sherwood

Mickenzie Bostock

EXECUTIVE TEAM

General ManagerMartin Clausen

Roles and Responsibilities• Provide Leadership• Resource for Team Managers• Resolve Issues (Personnel/Business)• Plan & Chair Meetings• Represent SMF

Challenges• Busy Schedule• Keeping up to date • Being Proactive• Having an Open Mind• Managing Peers• Take Criticism

Assistant General ManagerLogan Sherwood

Roles and Responsibilities• Organizing General Meeting (GM)

• Recording GM meeting minutes

• Periodically attending team meetings

• Fill in for absent managers

• Discuss with advisors and farm staff

• Help organize special SMF events

• Carry on as GM in absence of Martin

What We’ve Learned

• Teamwork• Leadership Skills• Better Organization• Working Constructively with Peers• Forward Thinking

P.R./Communications CoordinatorMickenzie Bostock

Roles and Responsibilities• Events

• Communication

• Bulletin Board

• Clothing

• Photos

• Committees

QUESTIONS?

Jake Flett

Jamie Shapka

Edward Schultz

Trenton Schroolemmer

Dakota Schutz

Shayne Maurer

Austin Warawa

OPERATIONS TEAM

Operations• Making sure we have equipment for harvest.• Organizing Harvesting Teams.• Making sure equipment is fuelled, greased and ready for

the day.• To make sure equipment is being used properly • Set up a bin plan• Enter data into Field Manager Pro• Hauling Grain to Elevators • Filling Super B’s

Lakeland College – SMF Fields

AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6 LC

1/376 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres

NW 5-50-6LC 20 located 3 miles south on highway 41 Field map created on

Jan. 21, 2014 by Dylan Schultz

LC 20• Barley (AC Copeland) • 109 acres• Yield 69 bu/ac• Blend = 50-30-20• Seed placed blend: 6-30-0• Side Banded blend: 44-0-20

Available Used0

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100

120

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18

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AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6 LC

1/376 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres



LC 12• Hard Red Spring Wheat (Harvest) • 117 acres • Yield 45 bu/ac• Blend = 50-20-20-0-0.4(Cu) • Side banded blend: 46-0-20-.4(cu)• Seed placed blend: 4-20-0

Available Used0

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120

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Total Fertilizer

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AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6 LC

1/376 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres



AL 01• Winter Wheat (Moats) • 135 acres • Yield 34 bu/ac • Blend= 70-20-15-0• Sided banded 25lbN, 25lbs ESN• Seed Placed 20-20-15-0 (also 1lb Cu)

Available Used0

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100

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140

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Total Fertilizer

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AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6 LC

1/376 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres



LC 17• Canola (Clearfield) • 95 acres • Yield 53 bu/ac• Blend= 110-20-0-20• Seed placed 4-20-0• Side banded 106-0-0-20

Available Used0

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AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6 LC

1/376 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres



LC 18• Flax (Hanley) • 80 acres • Yield 25 bu/ac• Blend: 50-15-15• Seed placed 3-15-0• Side banded 47-0-15

Available Used0

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60

80

100

120

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AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6 LC

1/376 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres



LC 19• Yellow Peas (CDC Meadow)• 93 acres • Yield 44 bu/ac • Blend: 3-15-0• Side banded 3-15-0

Available Used0

20

40

60

80

100

120

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3

110

Nitrogen

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AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6 LC

1/376 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres



LC 1/3• Canola (Nexera)• 76 acres• Yield 57 bu/ac• Blend: 50-20-0-15• Seed Placed Blend- 4-20-0• Side Banded Blend- 46-0-0-15

Available Used0

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60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

27

96

50

182.4

Nitrogen

Total Fertilizer

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AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6 LC

1/376 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres



LC 10,11, 4/5• Barley Silage • 146 acres• Yield 5 tonnes/acre average• 729 tonnes of Barley Silage • Blend = 40-15-20• Seed Placed Blend- 3-15-0• Side Banded Blend- 37-0-20


AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6 LC

1/376 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres



LC 14• Flax (Hanley)• 130 acres• Yield 23 bu/ac• Blend: 30-15-15• Seed Placed Blend-3-15-0• Side Banded Blend- 27-0-15

Available Used0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

28.5

67.5

30

64.4

Nitrogen

Total Fertilizer

Soil Organic

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Inventory

Flax

5000 bu.

HRS Wheat

5150 bu.

Barley

3975 bu.

Clearfield Canola

4200 bu.

QUESTIONS?

Yvonne Sprangers

Lane Fraser

Jacquelyn Davidson

FINANCE TEAM

• Financial archives• Calculate/convey break evens • Prepare profit & loss statements• Create budgets

Roles and Responsibilities

Custom$ 26,629

Production$ 113,883

Insurance$ 17,597

Equipment & Building$ 52,677

Other/PR$ 2,376

Opportunity $ 72,540

Total Costs

Custom9%

Production40%

Insurance6%

Equipment & Building

18%

Other/PR1%

Op-por-

tunity25%

Opportunity Cost $ 72,540

• Land Rent• Combine Lease • Labour

Custom9%

Production40%

Insurance6%

Equipment & Building

18%

Other/PR1%

Opportunity25%

Production Cost $ 113,883 • Fertilizer

• Chemical• Seed• Other

Break Even CostsField Crop PriceAL 01 Winter Wheat $ 9.48LC 1/3 Nexera Canola $ 5.56LC 4/5, 10, 11 Silage $ 0.0175LC 12 Wheat $ 5.65LC 14 Flax $ 9.78LC 17 Clearfield Canola $ 6.65LC 18 Flax $ 9.48LC 19 Peas $ 6.71LC 20 Barley $ 4.27Duck’s Unlimited Winter Wheat $ 6.55

IncomeApril 1, 2015- Present

Barley $66,106

Canola $15,186

Flax Bales $5,090

Peas $20,718

Wheat $161,600

Faba Beans $10,654

Change In Crop Inventory

$11,299

Change in Fertilizer Inventory

$37,500

Other Income $2,362

Total Income $330,517

ExpensesApril 1, 2015- Present

Custom Spraying $14,613

Custom Trucking $4,777

Chemical $20,655

Fertilizer $44,851

Seed $30,102

Repairs, Parts & Tools

$7,722

Fuel, Oil & Filters $9,878

Field Scouting $10,021

Insurance $18,242

Office, Labour $2,244

Rentals & Leases $16,715

Supplies, Unallocated

$138

Total Expenses $179,958

Total Income:Total Expenses:

Net Income:

Net Income

$ 330,517

$ 179,958

$ 150,559

2016/2017 Production Budget

Field Crop Break EvenAL 01 Peas $ 5.71LC 1/3, 4/5, 10, 11, 17, 18

Silage Barley $ 0.02

LC 4/5 Silage Corn $ 0.015LC 12 RR Canola $ 6.80LC 14 RR Canola $ 6.58LC 19 Wheat $ 5.93LC 20 Nexera Canola $ 7.55

QUESTIONS?

Ashley Bosch

Valentina Gabert

Kevin Larsen

Thomas Wensman

Josh Dow

Clayton Frey

MARKETING TEAM


• Call merchants bi-weekly• Track and record prices• Build relationships• Determine suitable selling prices• Have patience when marketing

Manager Responsibilities• Weekly marketing meeting• Team player• Communication • Push team to complete tasks• Understand markets and effects of global events • Lead the team to make wise marketing decisions

Yellow Peas HRS Wheat Winter Wheat Feed Barley Nexera Canola

Clearfield Canola

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Beginning Inventories

Commodities

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Pea ContractsDelivery Period

Type of Contract

Quantity Buyer Breakeven

Sold For Gross Margin

September Forward Contract 1102 bu. Viterra

Vermilion $6.71/bu. $7.70/bu. $0.99/bu.

October Spot Price 397 bu. Viterra Vermilion

$6.71/bu. $9.06/bu. $2.35/bu.

December Deferred Delivery 1102 bu. Viterra

Vermilion$6.71/bu. $9.90/bu. $3.19/bu.

December Target 367 bu. Viterra Vermilion

$6.71/bu. $10.55/bu. $3.84/bu.

March Spot Price 231 bu. Viterra Vermilion $6.71/bu. $12.19/bu. $5.48/bu.

SeptemberForward Contract-Target

1543 bu. Viterra Vermilion $5.71/bu. $9.80/bu. $4.09/bu.

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Pea Cash Bids

Richardson Pioneer- Lavoy Viterra-Vermilion Market Master Ltd.Cargill - Camrose

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-150

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0.5

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Pea Ending Stocks

Ending Stocks5 yrs Avg

Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

Market Outlook

• Seeded acres up

• Stocks up

• Price will be depressed

• Take advantage of forward pricing

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

HRS Wheat ContractsDelivery Period

Type of Contract

Buyer Quantity Breakeven Sold For Gross Margin

July Deferred Delivery

Viterra Vermilion 1543 bu. $5.65/bu. $7.10/bu. $1.45/bu.

March Basis Contract

Viterra Vermilion 1543 bu. $5.65/bu. $58.72/tonne

($6.64/bu.) $0.99/bu.

July Deferred Delivery

Viterra Vermilion 1837 bu. $5.65/bu. $6.63/bu. $0.98/bu.

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HRS Wheat Cash Bids

Richardson Pioneer- Lavoy Viterra-Vermilion Cargill- Vermilion

Richardson Pioneer- Provost

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Futures Price HRS Wheat (USD/Mt)

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HRS Wheat Basis ($/Mt)

Richardson Pioneer- Lavoy Viterra-Vermilion Cargill- VermilionRichardson Pioneer- Provost

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-160

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World Wheat Ending Stocks



Market Outlook• High ending stocks in world • CWRS seeded acres down• Minor wheat class seeded acres up• Canadian Dollar expected to be slightly stronger • Prices similar to this year


Winter Wheat ContractsDelivery Period

Type of Contract


November Deferred Delivery

Permolex Red Deer 1543 bu. $9.48/bu. $5.50/bu. - $3.98/bu.

November Deferred Delivery

Permolex Red Deer 1543 bu. $9.48/bu. $5.50/bu. - $3.98/bu.

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Winter Wheat Cash Bids

Richardson Pioneer- Lavoy Viterra-Vermilion Market Master Ltd.Permolex- Red Deer

Futures

Source: Barchart.com

Market Outlook• Seeded acres up in Canada • Seeded acres down in US• Yields up in US compared to 2015• Sideways market


Feed Barley Contracts

Delivery Period

Type of Contract


Nov./Dec. Deferred Delivery

Scoular Grain Ltd. 3858 bu. $4.27/bu. $3.95/bu. - $0.32/bu.

April/May Deferred Delivery

Viterra Vermilion 3674 bu. $4.27/bu. $4.20/bu. -$0.07/bu.

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Feed Barley Cash Bids

Ag Valley Brokers Viterra-Vermilion Market Master Ltd.Scoular Grain Canada Ltd.

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-150

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Feed Barley Ending Stocks



Market Outlook

• Dry spring- upward rally• Seeded acres down• Corn seeded acres up • Demand is down


Nexera Canola Contracts

Delivery Period

Type of Contract


April Target Viterra Vermilion 1852 bu. $5.56/bu. $12.00/bu.

$1 premium $6.44/bu.

April Target Viterra Vermilion 1852 bu. $5.56/bu. $11.85/bu.

$1 premium $6.29/bu.

Clearfield Canola Contracts

Delivery Period

Type of Contract


June/July Target Viterra Vermilion 1852 bu. $6.65/bu. $10.75/bu. $4.10/bu.

June Target Viterra Vermilion 1852 bu. $6.65/bu. $11.05/bu. $4.40/bu.

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Canola Cash Bids

Richardson Pioneer- Lavoy Viterra-Vermilion ADM- Lloydminister

Cargill Canola Crusher- Camrose

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Basis ($/mt)

Richardson Pioneer- Lavoy Viterra-Vermilion ADM- LloydministerCargill Canola Crusher- Camrose

Futures

Source: Tradingcharts.com

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-150

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Market Outlook • Seeded acres up• Stocks up• Price expected to continue sideways• Soybean acres up


Flax ContractsDelivery Period

Type of Contract


January Deferred Delivery

Richardson Lavoy 3307 bu. $9.63/bu. $11.06/bu. $1.43/bu.

March Deferred Delivery

Richardson Lavoy 1575 bu. $9.63/bu. $10.83/bu. $1.20/bu.

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Flax Cash Bids

Richardson Pioneer- Lavoy Viterra-Lloydminister Viterrra Star

Market Master Ltd.

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-150

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Market Outlook• Seeded acres down• Low post harvest stocks• Depressed prices


Partnerships • Duck’s Unlimited Winter Wheat Project

Delivery Period

Type of Contract


February Deferred Delivery

Sunhaven Farms Milling

1800 bu. $6.55/bu. $5.85/bu. - $0.70/bu.

Partnerships Cont.• HRS Wheat Plots

Delivery Period

Type of Contract


February Deferred Delivery

Sunhaven Farms Milling

1250 bu. $3.72/bu. $5.85/bu. $2.13/bu.

QUESTIONS?

INTERMISSION

Andrew Klein

Brianne Birch

Ben Jones

Sara Miller

Jordan Roll

Garth Stang

PRODUCTION TEAM


• Scout Fields.• Crop Rotations.• Industry Networking• Work Together with other SMF Teams.


AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6 LC

1/376 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres



LC 19 Wheat

• Plentiful Hard Red Spring

• 93 acres

• Seed treatment: Vibrance Quattro

• Plant Density: 27 plants/ft2

• Fertilizer: 50-15-10-0

• Burn Off: PrePass XC

• In Crop: Prestige & Puma Advance

• Fungicide: Headline EC

LC 12 Canola• DuPont 3155 RR• 117 acres • 22 acres for research plots• Seed Treatment: Helix Vibrance• Plant Density: 7 plants/ft2

• Fertilizer Rate: 70-15-0-20• Burn Off: Cleanstart • In Crop: Eclipse III or Glyphosate • Fungicide: Priaxor


AL 01135 acres

SW 36-50-7

LC 12117

acresSE 36-50-7

LC 1880 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1993

acresSW 25-50-7

LC 1795 acresNW 25-50-7

LC 1661 acresSW 25-50-7

LC 14130

acresNE 25-50-7

LC 1546 acresSE 25-50-7

LC 1111 acresSW 31-50-6

LC 1033

acresNW 30-50-6

LC 1/3

76 acresNE 30-50-6

LC 4/5102 acres

SE 30-50-6

LC 20109 acres



LC 17,18,1/3,10,11, 4/5Barley Silage

• Austenson Silage Barley

• 325 acres

• Seed Treatment: Raxil MD


• Burn Off: PrePass XC

• In Crop: OcTTain XL

LC 17,18,1/3,10,11,4/5Barley Silage

LC 4/5: 45-10-0-0 LC 1/3: 50-10-0-0

LC 10: 20-10-0-0

Fertilizer

LC 11: 45-10-0-0

LC 17: 50-15-0-0

LC 18: 75-15-0-0

LC 4/5 Corn Silage• 39F44 DuPont

• 70 acres

• Seed Treatment: Raxil

• Plant Density: 30,000 kernels/acre

(0.7 plants/ft2)


• Burn off: Glyphosate & Buctril M

• In crop: Glyphosate & Distinct

• Fungicide: Quilt

LC 20 Canola• Nexera 1012 RR

• 109 acres

• Seed Treatment: Helix Vibrance



• Burn off: Cleanstart

• In crop: Glyphosate or Eclipse III

• Fungicide: Quadris

LC 14 Canola• 10 acres of Bayer Trial

• 40 acres of 1502 Syngenta Trial

• 80 acres of 4157 Syngenta

• Seed Treatment: Helix Vibrance



• Burn Off: Cleanstart

• In Crop: Glyphosate

• Fungicide: Exempla

AL 01 Peas

• Amarillo & CDC Saffron

• 135 acres split

• Seed Treatment: Insure Pulse



• Burn off: Express SG & Glyphosate

• Inoculant: AgTiv

• In Crop: Odyssey DLX

• Fungicide: Lance AG

QUESTIONS?

Austin Vavrek

Shania Wallin

Dylan Elke

Taylor Carson

Jace Alexander

RESEARCH TEAM

Roles and Responsibilities • Attend meetings • Harvest & analyze plot samples• Stay in contact with producers & industry representatives

• Complete intensity trial plans for the upcoming season

Intensity Trials

Logistics

•Communication with other teams•Preparation for events•Industry plots

Industry Trials

•Bayer variety trials•CPS small plot variety trials•Syngenta 1502 new variety trial

Results

Producer Field Treatment A Yield bu/acre

Treatment B Yield bu/acre

Treatment C Yield bu/acre

Significant Difference

College SMF 63.0 65.3 70.2 No Sherwood Farms 54.8 61.4 61.0 Yes - A Gundiwindi Farms 49.3 47.4 51.6 No McLaughlin Agri-Ventures

49.8 54.7 53.2 Yes - A

Return on Investment compared to baseline - A

Steering committee organization• Work with producers and industry to organize the steering committee meeting

• Take minutes of the meeting

Next Season Treatment Plan• 3155 Round-Up ready DuPont variety

Budget

ESN research • ESN plots beside our intensity trials• Soil test analysis • Benefits and challenges

Future Research

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Thank You to our Partners

•Rob Baron & Larry Bingham•Webb’s Crop Services

•McLaughlin Agri-Ventures•Gundiwindi Farms•Sherwood Farms

QUESTIONS?

Kayla Twidale - Crop

Tyler Chiliak - Crop

TJ Neuman - Crop

Wyatt Horvey – Purebred Beef

Ron Swinkels - Dairy

Hope Buswell - Sheep

Megan Jensen – Commercial Beef

SUSTAINABILITY &

STEWARDSHIP

Our mandate• “To achieve a symbiotic relationship between ourselves,

the animals, and the land to benefit the future of each while working toward an ecological profitability by making sustainable environmental choices”

- Sustainability and Stewardship SMF team, 2015.

This Year…• SMF Biosecurity• Feed Security – Weed Risk • Manure Management• Cover crops, companion crop, and intercropping

• Long Term Rotation

Biosecurity – SMF Standard Operating Procedures

• Concern• Missing information

• Outdated information

• Goal • Revise old SOP’s

• Design new ones

• Outcome• 4 new SOP’s

Biosecurity Project – A.I. Barn • Concerns

• Outside livestock from many different locations enter facility = high risk of transmitting diseases

• Goal• Mitigate risk of transmittable disease spread

• Outcome• Project is pending; discussion with veterinarian about disinfection procedure

• Purchasing a disinfection sprayer unit being discussed

Biosecurity – Crop Unit • Concerns

• Soil borne transferrable crop diseases; specifically clubroot

• Transferring alien weed seeds from other areas via soil

• Goal• Create protocol to mitigate risks associated with soil

transfer on the SMF

• Outcome • Created a protocol regarding clean student work boots

and a risk assessment students use when driving student vehicles in Student Managed Farm fields

Sheep Facility

Biosecurity – Sheep Facility• Concerns

• Contagious livestock diseases and disinfection protocol in facility

• Goal• Mitigate risk, disinfection boot wash stations in the facility

• Outcome • Contacted Marisa Moe, Instructor and Faculity advisor

for the Sheep SMF Team• Disinfection boot wash station at each entrance along

with appropriate signage, also boot wash stations placed in all the livestock facilities

Feed Security

Feed Security• Concerns

• Weed transfer to college by hay, straw, grain from outside sources

• Goal • Research where specifically hay is sourced

• Scout the farm for weed species, abundance, location, make a risk assessment

• Outcome• Reviewed photos of species and ranked them as high risk and low

risk based on specified criteria

• This year the weed transfer risk was low

Risk Analysis• Criteria: dispersal, invasiveness, presence in the Vermilion area, location found

on farm

• Weeds found:• Brome – low risk, fence line, gets grazed• Mallow – low risk• Stinkweed – low risk, annual, no vegetative parts, not high seed dispersal• Shepherd’s purse – low risk• Chickweed – low risk• Foxtail Barley – moderate risk, not a significant risk• Canada thistle – high risk • Barnyard grass – high risk, species not common here• Storksbill – high risk, rampant in some of our fields• Scentless chamomile – high risk, not found on the farm so far, but have

seen it, species is high risk

Manure Management Proposal

Current Herd • 3229 metric tons dry manure • 400,000 gallons of liquid manure

Future Herd• 6,337metric tons Dry• 1,390,476 gallons liquid

Manure Management Proposal• Concerns

• Phosphorus levels on certain SMF fields

• Environmental damage this may be causing

• Goal• Long-term: Manure distributing and rotating plan

• Short term: Start with spreading manure on farther SMF fields that have not had manure applied = LC20 in particular

• Mitigate environmental risk

• Utilize the nutrients

Manure Management Proposal • On Going Project

• Environmental cost of nutrient overloading • Possible damaging crop effects• Financial cost savings of reduced fertilizer inputs because of the addition of manure

• Increased financial cost of manure hauling to farther fields

• In the process of calculating manure application rates for LC20

Cover Crops and Inter-Cropping IntegrationDefining Terms • Cover Crop: Any crop designed to specifically improve

soil health, or as a green manure.• Companion Crop: companion cropping is using annual

crop to accompany perennial forages in their seeding year.

• Intercropping: Harvesting more than one cash that is planted together ocupying different niches in a field.

Cover Crops and Inter-Cropping Integration

Near-complete suppression of weeds in April (Hayden Farm, Beltsville, MD). Photo credit: Yvonne Lawley, University of Manitoba.

Cover Crops and Inter-Cropping Integration

• Pea/Oat mixture – intercrop/cover crop/green manure

• Tillage radishes – cover crop• Perennial legume (alfalfa, sweet clover) – companion Crop (underseeded)

Long Term Rotation

Goals•Diversification•Soil health•Livestock/crop integration•Manure management

Long Term Rotation

Risks•Missed marketing opportunities• Increased production costs•More labor intensive

Long Term RotationBenefits• Reduced market risk• Disease pressure• Weed pressure• Herbicide resistance• Flexibility• Soil health

Long Term Rotation• Example Long Term Rotation (minimum 6 year)

• Legume• Wheat• Silage and cover crop• Canola • Forage/Pasture (2 years)

Looking Forward• Continued weed scouting and risk analysis for the farm site

• Biosecurity protocols upheld and reviewed• Manure/nutrient management strategy • Environmental Farm Plan• Cover crop integration and extended rotation• Resource “library”

QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU TO NEW HOLLAND

THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS• ADM Lloydminster

• Ag Valley Brokers

• Cargill, Camrose

• Market Master Ltd.

• Permolex, Red Deer

• Richardson Pioneer, Lavoy and Provost

• Scoular Grain Canada

Ltd.

• Sunhaven Farms Milling

• Viterra, Vermilion and Star

• Western Ag Labs Ltd.

• Farmers’ Edge

• Webb’s Machinery

• Duck’s Unlimited Canada

WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR PRESENTATION,

THANK YOU!

Crop SMF Team Final Presentation 2016

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